"Los Angeles magazine associate editor and friend to programmatic architecture Chris Nichols reports today that LA's last barrel-shaped building (on Vineland in North Hollywood) will be saved by the people behind Bigfoot Lodge. The former Idle Hour Cafe and La Cana Restaurant was built in 1941 ...

This Saturday we'll be spending a lot of time at a mondo yard sale featuring numerous vendors and stuff galore. 985 Hyperion Ave, LA, CA! Saturday, July 30! My personal contribution is partially a fundraiser for the Museum of Neon Art. I'll be selling neon letters and channel letters in support of t...

Dangit! I wish I could be there to support the nomination for the May Co. parking garage in downtown! That's one of the most stunning parking garages in town, if not one of its most beautiful and petite buildings in general. The nomination is a great idea.

The interior of this building is extraordinary! I cannot see this structure gutted and pockmarked with balconies for some idiot's dream of crappy apartment-living on Wilshire Boulevard. That's a horrible idea!

The only shots I took of the exterior aren't worth sharing. The real interest lies inside the House on the Rock. The place could drive a man to drink, and I certainly would have too if I had known what I was getting into. Although I left exhausted and overwhelmed, I would most definitely return to t...

Holy cow, the trip was sooo worth it. The House on the Rock is alive and waiting for you in Wisconsin, just a few hours drive from Chicago. The full-on self-guided walking tour took us about four hours. There were several moments that took me to my knees; truly, they were WTF moments like no other. ...

Restored! This neon and plastic beauty off the 5 fwy in Commerce has been beautifully restored by Michael Flechtner for the company's owner. The neon glows in a soft blue beside the white, die-cut plastic.

Hello ModCom! Is Orange County simply too far away to attend a book signing? Well, here's an option that's right in your own backyard. Chris Merritt and Eric Lynxwiler will be signing their new book, Knott's Preserved , at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage (http://www.theautry.org) this Saturday,...

The April 18th ticket event at Knott's Berry Farm is sold out. The book signing is still open to all and will take place at the Chicken Dinner Restaurant from 10-noon. However the walking tours, lecture, dinner and panel discussion is sold out. Sorry!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3680373638_d3045f74ff_m.jpg Hello all! Chris Merritt and I have put together a great book, Knott's Preserved: From Boysenberry to Theme Park, the History of Knott's Berry Farm , and will hold a few events to celebrate its upcoming and very limited release. Please...

April 18 book signing (and then some) at Knott's Berry Farm http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4326237182_7432475ab0.jpg Hooray! Knott's Preserved is on its way. We're setting up a few signings the week of April 17-25, but the one you all must attend is on April 18. Chris Merrit and I will be signi...

I was disheartened a few years back when I returned to Inglewood to find that the neon had been completely stripped of the facade of the theater. I made a few phone calls to the city, but received no return calls and no responses to my letters. The central, vertical spire not only read FOX in neon c...

The in-escrow owner of the Wilshire Tower (Desmond's Building) at 5500 Wilshire is desperately trying to find anyone willing to support him in his quest to justify removing the historic neon crown from the Historic Cultural Monument tower. Nevermind that the signs are meritorious and technically a p...